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HOW OUR SHIPPING Has DECLINED.
From the St, Louis Republican. I


In 1858 the tonnage of vessels clear
ing from United States ports for foreign
countries was 4, ,436, ,S8l tons. In 1886
it was 12,41S,235. The very largest
tonnage cleared from our ports in this
twenty nine years period was
i'll 1881, l5,793,997 tons. The figures
show that in the period referred to soytf .
foreign commerce increased three -f010,
q growth which no other country ON
the globe furnishes parallel to. But
when we examine the nationality OF the
vessels cleared, and in which our for
eign commerce was carried, we en-
counter humiliating fact. OF the
4,436, 1881 tons cleared in 1858. S,127,-
TAG, or about three- tourths, were
American; of the II, ,413, ,235 cleared in
1886, only 2,S06. .259 or less than one
fourth, were American. While our
foreign commerce increased three-fOld,
our tonnage engaged in carrying it ac-
tuaIly tell of 32l 900 tons. In 1858 the
British tonnage clearing from our ports
was 91O, 900 in 1886 it had increased 10
6,317 900. The British tonnage engage
ed in carrying our commerce abroad
increased more than six-fOld, while
ours fell of one tenth. German,
Swedish, Italian, French, Spanish,
Austrian, Belgian, Dutch. Danish,
Portuguese, and all other foreign ships
have increased in our ports, while our
own have decreased.
Even the tonnage of our vessels en-.
gagged i'm the cod and mackerel fisheries
has fallen of in the period referred to
from 14S, ,S46 to 80,705.
In 1858 we built 1,241 new vessels,
having a tonnage of 244,712 tons; in
1886 we built 7l5, having tonnage of
95, ,453 tons-a falling off Of one half.
Ship-building ON the New England
coast fell off from Alp vessels, having an
aggregate tonnage of 1S3,625 tons, in
1857, to Ill vessels with an aggregate
tonnage of 80 ,524 in lSS6-a reduction
of fivc-sixths.
These figures tell dismal story OF
our shipping. 1t has been sacrificed to
protected manufactures. Our foreign
commercial policy under republican
rule has been based on hostility to
foreign goods, but foreign countries
have had a full measure OF revenge for
it in being called on to carry more than
three -tOurths OF our foreign commerce.
while our own vessels carry less than
One-fOurth.
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THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
Prof. Pickering of Harvard Throws
Doubts on its Ren pen rance.
From the Boston Herald

[From the Boston Herald.
"No, haven't seen the star of Beth
lehem.' said Prof. Pickering OF tho
Harvard college observator, last even
ing to a reporter. 81 looked for it
Wednesday evening when heard that
some professor in Kentucky, unknown
to me, had discovered its presence in
the heavens, but l could not see il.
looked for il with the naked eye. 1t
isn't there, aud the chances of its ap-
pearance are very uncertain, indeed.
Astronomers are doubtful about 1t.
Many of them do not believe 1t will
come at all. have received no official
information from any quarter that the
| reappearance of the star had been noted
by responsible astronomers. Should 1t
make its re. appearance, 1t would be an
| important astronomical phenomenon,
would be.observed with great scientific
interest all over the world. Its value
| to astronomical study can hardly be
determined except upon its re-appear-
ance. Undoubtedl, 1t would be of
great value, and scientists would pro-
bably be enabled to ascertain its cause.
Should it appear, it would be made
special study at the Harvard university
observatory. Astronomers have but
little authentic information about the
80 called star of Bethlehem. The only
reliable data are those secured by
Tycho Brahe, the celebrated Danish as
tronomer, in 1872, who discovered a
very bright star in CassiOpeia, which
was go brilliant that it could be seen
with the naked eye in the daytime.
About 1860 there was similar star,
and there was probably one about 9OO,
& bat there is no certainty that they were
the same. From this arose the idea
a that there is a star of Bethlehem which
; appears every Sl5 years or SO. As to
> the belief that great misfortunes will
occur upon the earth as o result OF the
re-appearance of the star, that is sheer
!, nonsense. But just another word
- There is no historical evidence what
l. ever that the star of Bethlehem is the
3 star which is said to have appeared
, upon the birth of Christ. The Bible
y speaks OF il as the Star of the East.
This could not have been the star o
le Bethlehem, rs that did not appear il
the east. bat in the north"
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TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

Furnished weekly to the Intelligencer by
C.ntain l. d. Conner, recorder of deeds of
county, Mo.
Abstract of the deeds filed in the office OF
Of Deeds from Saturday, June /,
to Saturday, June IL, A. D., 1887. Only such
as contain covenants of warranty contained
in list.
E. A. Thomas to Lee M.Rannabar- 90
ger pit ne, 4, 4S, q. ..... 49,: .ol'o0o w
Anna E. Leach to Agnes J. Bull
lard. lots 3 and 4,blk 9, MAYHEM 2oo w
Annie Z. Warren to John w.
Tate, W side end hf Sc and part
i55 5n so. 1o0 acres @ s'........... $500 90
&C oscar q. Gregg to f. E. spaulding
W hf sw, %, 4S. q, and part of the e =,
side hf NV. %, AZ. q .....:-.. o''oo w
d. j. 81. Serbsugh to Thos. Ii. Cas- ~ NO.
teel pit NV. 9, 80, %, 10 acres. ....,. 81 co
W. Il. DrLmmond to Martha A.
Burton lots l, and 3, blk lo.Shelby =,
Il Cos. add to Waverly .;.;.... 10 w
Fred q. Cook to VIM. f. Walken-
horst, one half OF 20 feet OIL size ,oo NJ
lot 3, blk E, ,Concordis is........... 40O W
Henry Landwehr to Frank New
mann, part side Sc, "a, 5O. ". l'sl2 W
Henry and Fred Rogge to Fred W.
Willie. lot g, ,Hinkle's ad to Yelling - q,
| ton. '..... ." w
| Henry Boese to Fl. T. Willie lot
66, Hinkle's add to Wellington. go. 40 "
| Geo. Jung to John Kinzy. lot
so sn' H,sainsy,Iie 81 y, m lie YIN 40 o.
Allison Jones and wife to Frank
| 8, Jones sw cor Sc sw, 6, 40. 25, one
| acre. ........ .......-........... loo "
r. Field to Joseph Edmonds, lot
23lx135 feet in section "a, adjoining nm =
1st ad to Lexington. on................. 1.6OO
Claus Hinck to Fritz EhleIs, lot
an 2, blk 3, Newhaus ad to Concor- ~
T No instrument will be filed until tn
fee il paid. aQ
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A Word to the Wise.

Ladies of Lexington, and our friends gen.
orally. who anticipate purchasing only the
very latest styles, and the very best goods at
eieapest prices, should see the Ahrehs Dry
Goods Bazaar display Of Spring Goods, when
they will find the-mOst attractive selection Of
spring novelties ever shown in the citv.
Ladies' who buy elsewhere will pay more
aud be disappointed in getting the newest
goods, apr0if
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A NEW VERSION.
Orig in of the Expression, ''Let Her
90, Gallagher?'

From the New York Evening Sun.l
"Le. her 60, Gallagher!' said Mr..
WIN. Kepley, of Chicago, as he sent a
lionum yitae ball down one of the
bowling-alleys at the White Elephant
the other night. He scored strike.
He was asked why lie made use OF the
expression, "Let her go, Gallagher"
"It's sure good luck" he said. TITS
better than meeting a man with q
straight tip before the races. saw by
the papers out west last summer, that
it was all the go Oh Change here. And
| saw lot of funny stories as to where
it started. All wrong, every one OF
EN-. One said it came from New Or
leans car driver, another gave the cred
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-06-18
Have Not Been Geaten.

WaddeIrs Patent and Red Z. have not been
beaten. Like Banquo's ghost, they will not
down, except when eaten. Having again
been put up" they still wear the crown as
the whItest. purest and most superior tiOurs
These, with the other grades Of flour, can be
hal AT all grocery stores. Exchanges made
at the Office of JnO. W. Waddeli i Co. uiltf
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Larry's on the Force.

b
Well, Katie, and is this yerselt? And where
was you this whole:
And ant We dhrssed! You are the wan to
ilusthrate the stole!
But niver mOInd thin matthers now there s
tonne enough for Trims
And Larrv-that's me b'y-I want to shpake
toyou av him.
Sure. Larry bates thin all for luck!-'l lie
will make hi, way,
And be the proide and honnur 10 the sod
beyant the say
Well soon be able -whisht! L do be singln'
till I'm hoere,
For iver since month or more, my Larry ,
on the force!
There's not proivate gintleman that boords
in all the row
Who houids himsilf loike Larry does, or
| makes AS fOine show;
| Thin eve, ay his, the way they shoIne-hls
| coat, and butthOns too
He bates thin kerrige dhroivers that be on
| the avenue!
He shtips that proud an shtatellolke, YOU i
| think he owned the town,
| And hoolds his shtlck convanlent to be tappln'
SOM wan down.
Aich blissed day, I watch to see him comm
up the sthrate, -
For, by the greatest bit av luck, our house is
Cn his bate.
| The little bys is teered av him, for Larry's
| moighty shtrict,
And many's the litthIe biagyard he's arristed, i
eXplct;
The beggyars get arrass the shtrate-you
| ought to see thin fly
| And organ -groirdhers scatthers whin they
| see him comm by.
| know that Larry's bound to rolse; he'll gel
| sergeant's post,
| And after that captincy Widhin year a.
| MI st;
And av he goes in politics he has the head t.
I'll be an AldherwOman, Kate, afOre I'm
thirty-f
What's that again! Y're jokin'. surely
Katie !-is it thrue?
Last noight, you say, he-nsarfaedF and Alfeel
| O'Donahue?
o Larry! c'u'd ye have the hairt-but let the
spalpeen be;
Ay he demanes himsilf to her, he's nothinI
| more to me.
The ugly shcamp! l always said, just as FE
/ tellin' YOU,
That Larry was the biggest fool av all l i've
| knew;
And many a tonne I've tould mesilf-you sc
| 1t now. av cOOrse-
He'd niver come to amy good ay he got o.
the foOrce!
-
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-06-18

An IneiuOerS oil Lexington lodge NO. l4S,
A. F. and A. NJ. are requested to be present
Monday night, June 20, rs 1t is the night for
the annual election of officers.
The terryboat's landing at the foot of Tenth
street is great convenience, beside the fact
that it shows we are soon to have the river
permanently back at our wharf.
The ladies of Dover will give lawn party
at Mrs. Mary Taylor's, Wednesday evening,
June %. Refreshments will be served from
to IL. All are cordially invited to attend.
The ladies of the Baptist Chapel Mission
will give lawn party on the chapel grounds,
in Old Town, next Monday evening. Re-
freshments will be served from to 9 o'clock
Cars will pass every few minutes. Every
body is cordially invited to attend.
At the festival on the Old Town square.
next Monday night, DR.. NJ. Chapman, who
has reluctantly consented to do SO in COM
pliance with many requests, will deliver an
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-06-18
/. Sore Eyes

The eyes are always in sympathy with
the body, and afford an excellent inde1
Of its condition. When the eyes become
weak. and the lids inflamed and sore, 1t Is
an evidence that the system has become
disordered by Scrofula, for which Ayers
sarsaparilla is the best known remedy.
Scrofula, which produced painful In
fammation in my eyes, caused me inuIn
suffering for a number OF years. Dy !ns
advice Of physician l commenced taxing
Ayers Sarsaparilla. After using this
medicine short time / was completely
Cured
NV eyes are now in splendid condltlon'
and I am as well and strong as ever
Mrs. William Gage, Concord, N. II.
For a number of years l was troubled
with humor in my eyes, and was unable
to obtain any relief until l commenced
using Ayers Sarsaparilla. This medicine
has effected a complete cure, and 6eileVe
it to be the best of blood BURNERS.
c. E. Upton, Nashua, n. Il.
From childhood, and until within few
months, have been afflicted with weak
and Sore Eyes. have USED Ior .neSe ,s
comrlaints, with beneficial results, Ayers 8
sarsaparilla, and consider it great blood
purifier. Mrs. C. Phillips, Glover, VT
I suffered for year with inflamma,
ton in my left eye. Three ulcers formed
on the ball, depriving me OF sight, and
causing great pain. After trying many
other remedies, to no purpose, was hnally
induced to use Ayers Sarsaparilla, and'
BY Taking
three bottles of this medicine, have beer
entirely cured. My sight has been re
stored, and there is no sign of infiamma
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T. Bowen, Sugar Tree Ridge, ONO.
NY daughter, ten years old, was afflicted
with Scrofulous Sore Eyes. During tn
last two years she never saw light OF an.
kind. Physicians of the highest standing
exerted their skill, but with no permanen
success. On the recommendation of
friend 1 purchased bottle OF Ayers sai
saparilla, which my daughter commence
| taking. Before she had used the thlr
bottle her sight was restored, and she ca
now look steadily at brilliant light viii
out pain. Her cure is complete. w: 1
! Sutherland, Evangelist, Shelby City, n.
Ayers Sarsaparilla
Prepared by DR.. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mas
Sold BY all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles,
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Chicago e. Alton r. r.

Trans marked will not STOP.
Trains marked will stop on signal. o....
Loca, freIghts run daily except sunoay' o'nei
trains daily. o,,,s
Iuupun tickets on sale to all principal points
| in Inc United States and Canada baggage
checked through to destination without extra
charge n:u, r.
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...x...MERClAL i. 6ANN'
.cx,NGTON, MISSOURI
S1H OO(

;,. on popular pasn' H. Louis to-
HosA TAUBMANaftv fork
Nh Ch.Es'
IRELAND oalhe Messrs Smlh are repairing the Lee
pIREC Third which recently
JAMES F.
CHhasonic celebration
hobi: iRELANDy. June "a Everybody is invited. See
,.t..4,uo eth mmittees notice elsewhere
MOrriSOn VtlWo" " Dr. Chapman will speaking,
.sxtNGTON. Mo' d Town festival Monday
lnoclock 1t is impracticable
NJ eiing gbonds colo anu when he
mber Of the Overland Monthly of San
g. WaL,tiEW excellent with the
MORRISON .asnplmens Mr.. L.. A. Whtehus.
=, ~ aACNf1ed Marshal in
RANk Vf UiooSNSsc ck with load of Monday
T. STOCK, S3O,C Third Ward school, broke
,u As. HOHel Off Staghten up he track. gentle
W u. NIS and trouble.
DIRECTORS he bidding Building andL As
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weeklg gntellisenter.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Wabash Railroad Time Table.

Wabash Railroad Time Table.
Omnibus Will leave the hotels IN this
city for Il. & l.. Junction, making
connection with trains going east,
,r.sI ,na nurth nj ..,..,..,.. I 90 u. M.
will arrive at......... y 80 u. IN
Omn iUus will leave Tor X. y 80. juno
ZION, making connection with trains
gong east ana west, and norm as
lar AS Richmond, at ....... -. 4:3O p. III.
HeIurn:np will arrive at .......... 81 y. u. =.
JOHN q. YOUNG, superintendent
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warranted III every P.~.s.-:'-.- u anu exam
inc wagons and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere. and encourage home mechanics
when you can do we'll or better with your
money by purchasing here june26yl
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aaMK uf HlGulNSvte &

W G. NE ALEt NJ ARMENl GOOi,
G. F. BUnHsEh' W. W. NORTHUuT,
n. HORt sMAN, 20" JONES.
&c. W JODs, riE
., R,nklng Business Loame' oatf
INO ,ner nts Exchange and Deposl b: Ao..
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VOL. II.

EOR I.INlTED TIME ONLY
TIoR ~ limited time only, l will give
FIVE CENTS REBATE
on every dollars worth of Merchandise o"ug"'
d. NY JOHN r. JORDAN,
Lexit gtOn. Mo.
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FARMERS BANK Of ODESSA
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VT. GLOVER.
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CHANDLER,
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-21
THE MORMON CHURCH.
Col. Broadhead Argues in Favor Of the Saints
and Attorney Hobson Replies.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct 2o.-In the Terri
torial Supreme Court. to-day, arguing against
the appointment of a receiver for church prop
erty, Colonel Broadhead, for the Mormon
Church. claimed that Congress was powerless to
pass the law under which these proceedings were
instituted This. he said. an act OF spolia-
ton repugnant to the Constitution and the
American idea.
United States Attorney Hobson replied that
by the enabling act Congress reserved the full
power and right TO annul or revoke legislative
enactments in this Territory. The act of in
corporation of the church granted with
this limitation. In 1862 Congress limited
church holdings to $50, ,000 and all the
Mormon Church property had been acquired
in defiance of this law. Further. the statute of
1862 specified that no property acquired should
be used to uphold polyeamy immortality,
whereas it is notorious that every power and
energy of the Mormon Church has neen ex-
erted contrary TO this: therefore, Congress had
right to enforce its requirement. and the
church was estopped from pleading vested
rights lack OF notice. Arguments will be
continued tomorrow.
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UnraveIinG q Murder Mystery.

NASHVILLE Tenn. Oct. 2o.--Yesterday
morning the detectives got what they believe
clew to the death Of the old man, j. l.. Howard.
who found dead under a railway t-eatle.
Tuesday morning. and who was believed 70 have
been killed by falling or being thrown from a
passing train during the night AS conse-
quence of the discovery, Annie Wright, Betty
Black and Lou Wilson. three disorderly women.
were arrested and placed i'll Jail. There is evil
Sence that Howard was at their house.
Spruce street, early in the night. and be is be-
lieved to have returned and charged them with
robbing him. The main witness in the affair is
a little six-year-old daughter of Annie Wright,
who tells the story. She said that her mother
hit the man the head with axe and the
other women attacked him and beat him with
rocks till he was dead. Then her mother took
him by the head, another girl by the feet and
another by the body and carried him away.
The place where Howard's body was found is
only block and half from where the women
live. and the way is lonely, SO that they could
easily have placed him whore he was. The
body. when found. looked as II it had been
carefully laid out. and not as If it had fallen
from a tran and there is said TO be perfect
chain of circumstantial evidence in addition to
to the childs story.
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IMPORTANT BANK CASE.

The Responsibility of Directors to BE De.
termined by the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20-Attorney- general
Garland, at the request Of the Comptroller OF
Currency, has given notice that he will, on
Monday. make motion in the United States
Supreme Court for the advancement and imme-
diate decision of the case against the directors
of the suspended First National Bank. of BuHa-
10. brought by the receiver u that bank to en-
force res sponsibility for the losses of that bank
occurring through their neglect of duty. The
State Court decided that directors could not be
held responsible, under the Natonalbank Act
for mismanagement in which thev did not direct
ly partici pate The Attorney General. in ha
motion, says that the Supreme Court has never
defined the responsibility of bank directors.
and it is of the utmost imnortance that this
should be done at once; in justice alike to die
rectors, stockholders and all concerned. Th9
Attorney General says the principles involved
have been variously construed aud underla
many cases now pending in Circuit Courts
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Cable Notes.

The steamer Great Eastern has been sold at
auction tor Sl05, 600.
Emperor William yesterday started from
Baden for Berlin.
Mr.. Chamberlain will sail for New York on
the steamer Etruria, on Oct. 20.
China has sanctioned the erection OF ware
houses for the storage of bonded goods.
The Count of Paris intends to visit Dordrecht
to receive and confer with royaist deputations
from the north and east of France.
Russian excavators at Jerusalem have discov
cred the remains of the town wall and the posi-
tion of the gate through which the Savior passed
to Golgotha.
It is stated that Russia intends to reduce the
import duties on English goods 20 per cent, and
French goods 10 per cent. On German goods
reduction will be made.
During the past few days, persons sleeping in
the open air at Carlsruhe. Crefeld, and else
where. have been frozen to DEATH The severe
weather which has prevailed is unprecedented
at this season of the year.
China has applied to the German army au-
thorities for officers instruct and organize she
Chinese army. and the Emperor has consented
to allow officers to go there Many have voun-
teered for the work. though the salary is
small.
The Vienna Politische Correspondent. refer
ring to the great increase in emigration of Aus
trans to America. publishes a sem-ofhcial
warning against such emigration, stating that
all branches of labor in America are over
crowded